Your gift for a better tomorrow.
With a legacy gift, you can create a future where diseases like cancer are prevented, treated and cured by harnessing the power of the immune system.
Why a legacy gift matters for medical research
Disease affects all our lives. Including a gift in your will to the Malaghan Institute is a meaningful and lasting way to give to future generations.
Medical research takes time. It can take decades for a breakthrough made in the lab to become a life-saving treatment. It requires vision, careful planning, secure funding and unwavering dedication to ensure that discoveries made today become future treatments and cures.
Legacy gifts are vital to transforming discoveries into cures. They provide the necessary momentum and sustainability to fuel life-saving research, ensuring we don’t waste any of its potential. Legacy gifts help fund ground-breaking research and support the next generation of scientists and researchers.
Your legacy gift will live on in the discoveries of tomorrow, supporting new, better ways to treat disease that will benefit generations to come.
“After seeing my mother, close friends and other family members suffer from debilitating disease, I am leaving a gift in my will to the Malaghan Institute so that future generations can live longer, healthier and happier loves.”
Belinda M.
If you’re considering leaving a gift in your Will, our free guide is a helpful place to start.
It answers common questions, explains your options, outlines the different types of gifts you can make and provides wording to use in your Will.
There is no obligation, just information to help you make the right decision for you and your loved ones
If you decide to support the Malaghan Institute with a gift in your will, then the next step is to talk to your solicitor or a trustee company to ensure your wishes are properly recorded.
They can provide specific advice on which options are best for your family and how to structure your will.
It all started with a legacy...
At the peak of his career, Tip Top founder Len Malaghan was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. During his treatment Len recognised the value of medical research, so he and his wife Ann established a medical research trust by gifting shares in their company to the Wellington Medical Research Foundation. This was used to establish the Len and Ann Malaghan Medical Research Trust and the Wellington Cancer and Medical Research Institute.
While Len passed away at the age of 61, Ann went on to make further generous donations to the institute. In 1986, the name of the institute was changed to the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research in recognition of the generous support by Len and Ann Malaghan.
Their children and grandchildren continue their legacy with their service, advocacy and play an important role in various fundraising initiatives for the Institute.
Philanthropy and Legacy Giving Specialist
P +64 27 308 8819
E legacy@malaghan.org.nz
